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Mukhtar Ablyazov Linked with European Parliament Scandal
London, Paris, Brussels (17January 2023 – 29). Kazakh banker, Mukhtar Ablyazov and his frauds were exposed in the…
Kazakhstan Announced Senate Election Preliminary Results
Astana, Brussels, Berlin (15 January 2023 – 50). Twenty senators representing 17 regions and three cities of national…
Ata Zholy: Crackdown on a Kazakh Islamic Religious Movement in Russia
Falsely qualified as “pagan” by anti-cultists, the group was born from popular Islam and mediums who claimed to…
Gulag Miracles: Sufis and Stalinist Repression in Kazakhstan
At some point in 1943, Allen J. Frank relates (pp. 103–4, 127), in the latest of his fascinating…
Evolution of Islam in Kazakhstan: How Modern Kazakh Muslims Balance Their Religious Identity, the Soviet Legacy and National Traditions
For more than 1,000 years, Islam has influenced the history and culture of Kazakhstan far more than one…
Kazakhstan’s New Leadership Still Following Old Leadership’s Path
Last month, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was re-elected to what has become Central Asia’s most geopolitically and economically important country – Kazakhstan.…
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan ink two important agreements
Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev paid state visit to Tashkent on December 21 to meet with Uzbek President Shavkat…
Mirziyoyev, Tokayev to hold talks on December 22
Presidents of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will meet on December 22. Report informs via Kazakh media that the official…
Kazakhstan Becomes New Diplomatic Center between East, West and Asia
Frankfurt, Brussels, London (15/12 – 40). Shortly after being re-elected in Kazakhstan’s presidential snap election on November 20,…
Mukhtar Ablyazov Found Guilty of Embezzlement and Money Laundering by US Jury
New York (15 December 2022 – 33). Mukhtar Ablyazov, a Kazakhstan citizen, was found guilty of embezzlement and…